The regional grouping has been largely nonfunctional because it hasn’t been able to adapt to the evolving regional set-up.

A pilgrimage dotted with natural hazards, altitudinal variations and pristine scenery.

There are several questions and apprehensions about the emerging Asian Century.

The four crucial energy junctions have very distinctly emerged in quadrilateral corners of South Asia, where India stands to be the central actor These junctions are the India-Nepal-China junction in the north; the India-Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran junction in the west; the India-Sri Lanka-Maldives junction in the south; and, finally, the India-Bhutan-Bangladesh-Myanmar and Southeast Asia junction in the east

There are separate provisions for the administration of tribal areas in the northeast.